Suncore Foods Lilac Taro Yam Supercolor Powder, Light Purple Food Coloring Powder, Gluten-Free, Non-GMO, 5oz (1 Pack)

I'm guessing if you are here you already know this BUT - in case no one has told you yet, artificial dyes and food coloring are incredibly dangerous to ingest. Our family has just been going without for a while, but when planning my daughter's mermaid birthday party, I really wanted to add a little color. I've bought several of Suncore's plant-based food coloring at this point. I haven't loved every one but this one checked all the boxes! It made for a beautiful lilac color (I even was able to get a slightly deeper purple with more powder) and was essentially flavorless. It was a huge hit.

I originally purchased the Suncore taro powder because I wanted to make boba tea at home. This powder gave it a nice dark lilac hue, it dissolved incredibly easy, worked perfectly as intended, but... I discovered that I don't like boba tea. I ended up trying various ways of using it up, and while it's a good product nonetheless, I don't see myself re-purchasing this. The use of this powder comes with the caveat it will not only give a purple hue, but also a mild potato taste. Being basically potato (starch) it gives a nice moistness to bake goods and pancakes, and it kind of works for savory preparations too. Used in smoothie or mixed in yogurt the color is vibrant purple, but used in baking or pancakes it gives a greyish not so fun purple vibe.

I loved the purple taro smoothies I had in Hawaii. This is the PERFECT flavor! Just add your milk of choice, some sweetener, and ice. Use a blender, it doesn't want to mix on it's own. That's caused by the fact that it's basically starch from the pure root ingredients. For those of you citing the "Birth defect risks" of CA's prop 65, remember that hummus and vitamin B12 are among those things listed (that prop has pretty much lost all meaning). This is made with 3 ingredients: two of which are dehydrated vegetable matter, the 3rd is to keep it from clumping in the bag. Definitely purchasing this again!

Powder has a grainy texture, even after dissolving it. It isn't as bright purple as the pictures, more of a grayish lavender color. And it doesn't taste like taro, just yams. Might work for food coloring, but not great for taro milk tea.

Make taro boba at home for less and MUCH healthier! I bought this to try (and a back up bubble tea mix) and this is the way to go IMO. It has way fewer ingredients and tastes wonderful. I add ice, a heaping spoonful on this tarp powder, mostly milk and a splash of a ‘healthy’ coffee creamer (I buy that has milk, sugar and ‘natural ingredient’ but the combo cuts out sooooo many other ingredients from commercial mixes) to my Vitamix and a tiny smidge of Xanthan gum and blend and poor over my boba. So wonderful! Also, this comes in a tiny bag, but that is simply cutting out the ‘mix’ with coffee style creamer in it. So far I’ve made 1-2 drinks a day most days and have some left, it’s lasted about 2 weeks so far. 100% buying again